Back To 1995

Xie Qing's face changed when he heard that Oracle Bone Inscriptions would be blocked, but he also knew that this was Song Yang's expectation for Feita Company. !

  But if, as Song Yang expected, cloud computing will bring the global software industry into a new era, then for a challenger like Fortinet, it will indeed be an opportunity to overthrow the established software giant.

Xie Qing couldn't help but set off waves of emotion. Back then, he gave up his Ph.D. The status in the industry will rise in a straight line. Xie Qing's status in the field of science and technology is also skyrocketing. Not to mention reaching the level of Wang An back then, as long as he can have 60 to 70% of Wang An's status, Xie Qing will be satisfied.

   He didn't know that there would be someone who was a hindrance to him to add to his troubles. At this time, the Oracle headquarters had already started to attack PeopleSoft.

   "Oracle wants to acquire PeopleSoft, I want to completely freeze the PeopleSoft brand, and never let PeopleSoft products appear in front of users again. I want Craig Conway and PeopleSoft to roll into the garbage dump together!

  That guy is a puppy who is easily frightened, and there is nothing to be afraid of. I want to leave the last bullet to that guy, and let him understand that it was a mistake to leave Oracle in the first place! "

Larry Ellison roared loudly, making all Oracle executives tremble a little. At Oracle, Larry Ellison is the representative of rights. When the current PeopleSoft President Craig Conway, he also He was born in Oracle, but was defeated in the power struggle with Larry Ellison. Since then, the two have become rivals, and they have been fighting constantly for so many years.

  Craig Conway is not considered Larry Ellison's lifelong enemy. Compared with Bill Gates' level in Ellison's heart, he is a little bit worse, but he is also an absolute rival.

  The attack on PeopleSoft this time was also because PeopleSoft acquired JDE Software, which threatened Oracle's status. Ellison wanted to let go of new and old grievances.

Seeing that Larry Ellison, who seemed to be able to acquire PeopleSoft immediately, the executive in charge of the acquisition couldn't help reminding, "President Ellison, we need to win the support of the PeopleSoft board of directors. If the PeopleSoft brand is hidden, Will make this takeover tough, hearing Craig Conway may be launching a poison pill to deal with a hostile takeover…”

  As soon as he said this, he saw Larry Ellison's eyes and stared at him fiercely, which made the speaker shudder in shock, and dared not point to Ellison's words anymore.

   "As I said, Craig Conway is just a soft-legged shrimp. If he can support PeopleSoft, he won't be the one who left Oracle!"

   Larry Ellison suddenly smiled, "The key to this acquisition is Craig Conway, or is it the snow brand?!"

Looking around at the group of executives, Larry Ellison said with rebelliousness, but pointedly, "All successful acquisitions are due to the purchase price being given enough. Similarly, all failed acquisitions are also given Not enough money!

  Tell the PeopleSoft board of directors that as long as they sign, Oracle will pay them enough dollars, provided that the guy Craig Conway is kicked out. I don’t want to see that guy at the signing site! "

In the end, Larry Ellison still did not forget to target his deadly rival. Larry Ellison also predicted that there might be twists and turns in this acquisition, but he thought it was not a big problem. He was actually not afraid of PeopleSoft’s poison pill plan. Lee Ellison could see clearly that the people on the board of directors of PeopleSoft were looking for money, not to prevent the American software industry from falling into the dominance of Oracle. .

What worries Larry Ellison is that his deadly rival will jump out to act as a "white knight", and companies such as Microsoft and IBM will block him. This is what worries him the most. In Sen's eyes, including Craig Conway, it's nothing to be afraid of. He thinks he has the advantage!

But Larry Ellison would never have imagined how long PeopleSoft, which he thought could be settled quickly, would be able to argue with him for a long time, and how many people would jump out to give this acquisition " Add to the fun", otherwise Larry Ellison would never act if he was arrogant and would not treat PeopleSoft as an opponent at all...

Compared with the high-profile Larry Ellison, who just made a move, there was an uproar. The world-renowned Oracle is about to eat PeopleSoft. Song Yang, Feita and his team came to the EMC Group in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. When I was in the old nest, the media did not receive much news, and even the powerful Wall Street did not receive much news. The stock prices of Fortinet and EMC Group did not fluctuate much.

  In the small town of Hopkinton on the outskirts of Boston, the headquarters of EMC Group is here. Several major shareholders and important executives of EMC Group have come to the headquarters conference room to wait.

And as the second head of the EMC Group, he also single-handedly created EMC's brilliance to the pinnacle, but suddenly retreated, giving up the position of EMC Group President and taking charge of the EMC Board of Directors, Michael Rutgers, as recruited before Jotus was the same as before, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, and asked Jotus calmly in his office, "Is this really necessary?"

It was during Rutgers’ period that he used Tianxiu to transform EMC Group from a company selling office furniture to a company producing the most advanced high-end storage. Then, the Internet exploded, and computer sales exploded. The sales volume of the storage industry soared, the share price of EMC Group increased by 805 times, and the market value reached 214 billion U.S. dollars, but just before the burst of the Internet bubble and the collapse of Nasdaq, Rutgers suddenly retreated and gave up EMC Group The position of president, to the board of directors as the chairman of EMC Group.

This wave of operations, and Song Yang’s sale of ICQ before, are all so frightening. Regardless of whether Rutgers, an old boy, has a bad stomach, or he really saw the signs, anyway, let Rutgers Jotus, who escaped the scapegoat of the sharp drop in EMC Group's stock price and was lured by Lutgers, silently took on all of this, and was scolded for flying.

  Lutgers is the spiritual totem of the EMC Group, and he is also the person who can actually control the EMC Group. His power in the EMC Group is much greater than that of Jotus.

  After the stock price of EMC plummeted, the call for Rutgers to come out of the mountain was one after another, but Rutgers finally talked about the morals of the world, and kicked Jotus away before he finished cheating him.

  "Chairman Rutgers, this is not only to get the EMC Group out of the predicament, but also an opportunity. If you miss it, you will never have an opportunity again, just like you led EMC to transform the storage industry back then!"

Chotus looked at Rutgers in front of him, regardless of whether he was really cheated by the other party, but if he wanted to complete the merger between EMC Group and Fortinet, he needed the support of Rutgers, otherwise he would No amount of eloquence can accomplish all of this.

Rutgers was silent for a while, and there were quite a few voices slandering and cursing Jotus, but he knew that Jotus was by no means incompetent, and as for letting Jotus take over as his president, he didn't really want to cheat Joe. Tuss, who would have imagined that when the NASDAQ crashed, several trillion dollars would be wiped out, and the market value of the EMC Group's 200 billion dollars would evaporate in just a flick of a finger. , It’s not the EMC family that is unlucky, General Electric and Microsoft fell even worse!

   After a long time, the negotiation time is coming soon, and Song Yang's side is coming. Rutgers has not made up his mind yet, which makes Jotus feel a little anxious.

This kind of big merger, of course, takes a lot of time. It is normal to delay it for a few months, or even a year or two, but Jotus can't afford it. If the negotiation is not reached today, it will be absolutely useless. Jotus bets , when he left EMC headquarters, Song Yang was about to ask Feita to develop cloud computing technology, and started to fight with EMC Group. Jotus really didn't expect that step.

  Just when the always patient Jotus couldn't bear it, he finally heard Lutgers' voice.

   "Jotus, I believe in you, and I also believe in the vision of that technological genius. I want to see where EMC can reach in the future!"

   "Give an explanation to the board of directors of EMC Group!"

   Standing up and drinking the coffee, Rutgers explained to Chotus, and then walked to the meeting room first.